School health fairs feature a variety of activities related to health and health care.
School health fairs are events in which a variety of vendors and exhibitors set up booths to offer products and activities related to personal health and health care. Students, faculty members are often students' families are invited to attend. Displays typically focus on topics such as nutrition, first aid, dental care, cardiovascular health, physical fitness, fire prevention and the dangers of tobacco and illegal drugs. A comprehensive planning stage can assist in ensuring that a school health fair is successful.
Instructions
1. Select a planning committee of six to eight people and appoint a chair or co-chair to lead the committee. The committee should consist of people from a variety of fields including education, medicine and medical services. Allow six months to a year of planning leading to the school health fair.
2. Secure a firm date and location for the health fair and devise a theme for the event that reflects the message you want to establish. A school health fair might take place in an on-campus athletic facility, convention space or multipurpose room. "Spring into Health" or "Knock Out Cancer' are examples of themes.
3. Recruit a strong and varied selection of vendors and exhibitors to participate in the health fair. Include a mix of health-care and medical professionals, law enforcement and fire personnel, health and fitness clubs and representatives of local, state or national health organizations. Because it is a school health fair, make sure all of the participants are aware that the primary audience is students so they can plan their displays accordingly.
4. Publicize the health fair. Inform students, parents, faculty and community members of the date and theme of the event. Write press releases for local media outlets. Create fliers and posters and display them throughout the school and community. Place brief announcements about the health fair in local church bulletins.
5. Set up the tables, tablecloths, chairs and equipment that will be used at the health fair. Include a registration table with sign-in sheets, pens and pencils. Make sure electrical cords and outlets are available for exhibitors who need them. Displays at a school health fair can include a bicycle-safety rodeo, a hand-washing experiment that demonstrates how germs are killed, and booths dispensing information on topics such as fire safety, poison control and the dangers of skin cancer.
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